Dictionary

fetch-and-carry en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkɛɹi/ Mary–marry–merry merger
• /ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkæɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From fetch and carry.

Meanings

1. (dated, not-comparable) Gossipy, tale-bearing.
   • [H]e declared, he would bequeath Willingham and all its lands to a hospital, ere that fetch and carry tell tale should inherit an acre of it. 1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter XII, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume IV, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 247:

fetch-and-carry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkɛɹi/ Mary–marry–merry merger
• /ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkæɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From fetch and carry.

Meanings

1. An act of fetching and carrying.
2. (figuratively) A person who serves in an overly obedient or subservient manner.

Forms

Translations (2)

pl wysługiwanie się (act of fetching and carrying) · pl sługa (person who serves obsequiously)